At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 59

Shen Haobo is actually in the literary world, the initiator of the Lower Body Poetry Movement, and together with Yin Lichuan, he has become a representative figure!
lower body poetry…

At the beginning of the 21st century, there was a movement in the Chinese literary world - lower body writingism, or the lower body poetry movement.

It sounds obscene, but what they advocate is returning to the basics, releasing the barbaric real vitality, and presenting a primitive state of life...

The opposite of the lower body is the upper body.

Tradition, poetry, lyricism, philosophy, thinking, etc., which we have learned in Tang poetry and Song Ci, all belong to the category of the upper body, while the truth, concreteness, brutality, interesting and even sexy that are usually neglected belong to the lower body.

The purpose of the lower body poetry movement is to get rid of the upper body factors and pursue the truth of the lower body.

Deprived of the gorgeous coat of poetry, it turned into a naked, straightforward, and popular poem...

In fact, from the perspective of literary development, change is necessary!

The new generation of poets are no longer satisfied with the expression system and expression methods of old poems, they want to ignite a stronger and more intuitive expression desire and lyrical ambition.

But the lower body is a little off...

The focus should be on unleashing savage real life force, but these guys put the focus on the lower body...

Return sex to sex, and evil to evil.

They wrote about sex under the gaze of traditional dross, put sex at the lowest point of morality, and connected it with the evil of human nature, trying to write "the flower of evil" in their own language, and the underworld thing was born like this .

Shen Xudong has heard about Shen Haobo, and knows that he insists that "poetry should be for the minority, if the public recognizes it, it is a novel!" '

Therefore, Shen Xudong was quite surprised by Shen Haobo's visit, because... No matter how you look at it, the two of them have never met.

……

Shen Haobo fell in love with "No. [-] Under Heaven"...

It's like this, there are a lot of literati singing their favorite poems, but few of them may live well.

The embarrassment of not being able to fill the stomach is a reality.

Therefore, Shen Haobo decided to change careers and join the book publishing industry...

But to be honest, private book publishing companies are not flattering in today's market environment.

In the original time and space, Shen Haobo is very awesome. He founded Motie Books, and in just three years, "Crassy Love", "Zhu Xian", "Things of the Ming Dynasty", "Tomb Raiders Notes", four books in a row!
Become a legend in the private publishing industry...

Now, "Zhu Xian" hasn't come out yet, but "No. [-] in the World" is becoming popular...

"No. 40 in the World" has been serialized for three months, with [-] characters. The plot progresses to the point where Zhu Wuwei saves Su Xin and uses the method of transformation to suck the silkworm poison into his body...

It's a small orgasm.

After the serialization of "No. 70 in the World", the sales volume of "Martial Arts Edition" has been rising steadily, and the sales volume exceeded [-] copies last month!

For a semi-monthly magazine that has been published for two years, this sales volume is a miracle...

Of course it’s not as good as Brother Xiao Zhan’s cover of "Character" - the current sales volume is 1219 million copies...

But "Martial Arts Edition" is a pure story, and the unit price is 6 yuan!

There is a lot of discussion on the Internet, especially on the Tianya forum. The posts about the plagiarism of the characters in "No. 2000 Under Heaven" have built more than [-] floors...

But recently the discussion is all about whether Zhu Wushi is good or bad...

It is not an exaggeration to say that a martial arts novel can have such popularity.

Shen Haobo said concisely that he wanted to win the publishing rights of "No. [-] in the World"...

Shen Xudong is not very interested in this...

For the publication of "No. [-] in the World", several publishing houses have called Shen Xudong, including Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, United Publishing House, and even Sanlian Publishing House...

In addition, the traditional version of "No. 30 in the World" was sold, and it was won by Taiwan's Hetu Publishing House, [-] yuan...

After all, Shen Xudong is at least a fledgling writer, 30 is already awesome!

And...the money was sent directly...

Very crisp.

Publishing in traditional Chinese means publishing in Taiwan, and sales rely on the model of renting bookstores.

Books in Taiwan generally have between 5 and 7 words per book, and a book can bring writers a basic income ranging from two to three thousand to tens of thousands of words.

If you sell well, you can earn a lot of money!
In addition, the early web articles, such as "Children of Light", "The Story of Charm", and "Tianma Shentan" were basically supported by traditional Chinese publications...

The traditional Chinese publication has been sold, and Shen Xudong is not very concerned about the simplified Chinese publication for the time being. In his opinion, the most important thing about "No. [-] Under Heaven" is the right to adapt it...

Besides, with so many famous publishing houses interested, why did Shen Xudong hand over the publishing rights of "No. [-] in the World" to Shen Haobo?

Just because his surname is Shen?
……

Shen Haobo just talked about his purpose, and then he took Shen Xudong to dinner and talked about his own experience: "I used to write poetry, but I couldn't support myself at all... I heard a senior say that making books can make money! Then I went to sea .”

"Participating in a book order fair, you can collect millions of cash, and the money is beyond count."

Indeed, around 2000 was the golden age for the development of my country's book industry. You can get a lot of money at the order fair with just a cover. It was at that time that planners such as Chen Mingjun and Zhang Xiaobo surfaced.

By the way, Chen Mingjun created a new classic and published classic literary works. The Chinese version of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" sold 4 copies within 80 months of its launch; the total sales volume of "Tokugawa Ieyasu" reached 220 million copies; "1Q84" sold 160 million copies More than 200 copies: "Bai Ye Xing" has more than 360 million copies, and there are more, and Zhang Ailing's works have sold more than [-] million copies;

Zhang Xiaobo founded Phoenix Linkage, and was the first to plan the "China Can Say No" series and rose in the Chinese publishing industry-selling 300 million copies a year!

Shen Haobo was obviously not so lucky: "I brought in a friend, pooled in 15 yuan, and set up a book studio. Moreover, the first book "Crayon Shin-chan Collection" was released in less than three months."

"The Crayon Shin-chan Collection? What is that?"

"Comics..."

"...You continue!"

"Crayon Shin-chan" is "Crayon Shin-chan", why do you want to add the word "treasure"?

Shen Haobo smiled wryly: "After we worked hard to sell more than 2 copies, we realized that we were cheated. This industry bullies newcomers, and those who sell books don't pay at all."

"and after?"

"Hold on..." Shen Haobo suddenly asked, "Haruki, do you know?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Yes!"

"Her 'BJ Dolls' was published by me..."

"You published it? Then you planned her new book launch... Wearing a bellyband?"

"Correct!"

Shen Haobo smiled wryly: ""BJ Doll" is her first novel. It is not well-known, and it will be hard to sell if it doesn't come out with some gimmicks!"

More than just a gimmick...

Shen Haobo labeled Haruki as "rebellious", and the most daring thing was to let her wear a red bellyband at the new book launch event.

"BJ Doll" was an instant hit, selling over 12 copies in three months. Haruki also published "BJ Doll" in the American "Time Magazine", and Han Han, Man Zhou, and Li Yang were called "" Representative of China after the 80s."

"Do you know what I thought of when I saw "Number One Under Heaven"?"

"what?"

"The Martial Arts Bible in the Post-Jin Yong Era!"

(End of this chapter)